Aerial views of the STS-2 launch from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. This photograph of the Columbia soaring toward earth orbit was captured by Mission-Specialist/A stronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan from the rear station of a T-38 jet aircraft. Part of the wing top of her aircraft can be seen in...

Aerial views of the STS-2 launch from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. This photograph of the Columbia soaring toward earth orbit was captured by Mission-Specialist/A stronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan from the rear station of a T-38 jet aircraft. Part of the wing top of her aircraft can be seen in... (NASA)